The Winchendon Courier
Serving the community since 1878 ~ A By Light Unseen Media publication
Week of July 20 to July 27, 2023

Community Happenings newsletter - July-August, 2023


Happy Summer Vacation!

Summer is finally here!

Central Office will maintain the following Summer hours through late August:
Monday: 8:30am-3:30pm
Tuesday: 8:30am-3:30pm
Wednesday: 8:30am-3:30pm
Thursday: 8:30am-3:30pm
Friday: Closed

We wish all our Winchendon families a happy, safe and restful Summer break!



Montgomery Fish of Winchendon has been named to the Champlain College Dean's List for the Spring 2023 semester

BURLINGTON, VT (07/20/2023)-- Montgomery Fish of Winchendon has been named to the Champlain College Dean's List for the Spring 2023 semester.

Students on the Dean's List have achieved a grade point average of 3.5 or higher during the semester. Fish is currently pursuing the Game Production Management major.

Making the Dean's List is a tremendous achievement in any year. Many of the high achievers balance their classes with serious jobs, internships, clubs, and volunteering. We congratulate you on this great accomplishment and honor.

Founded in 1878, Champlain College is a small, not-for-profit, private college in Burlington, Vermont, with additional campuses in Montreal, Canada, and Dublin, Ireland. From its beautiful campus overlooking Lake Champlain, the College offers an innovative academic experience and more than 100 residential and online programs, including undergraduate and graduate degrees and certificates. Champlain's distinctive career-driven approach to higher education embodies the notion that true learning occurs when information and experience come together to create knowledge. Champlain was listed among The Princeton Review's "The Best 388 Colleges" in 2023. Champlain is also featured in the 2023 Fiske Guide to Colleges as one of the "best and most interesting schools" in the United States, Canada, and Great Britain and was recognized as a 2023 College of Distinction for its "Career Development." For more information, visit champlain.edu.



Golden Bear Pride Shines Brightly as Western New England University Welcomes Its Newest Members to the Alumni Family

SPRINGFIELD, MA (07/14/2023)-- Western New England University held its undergraduate commencement ceremony on May 20 in the Anthony S. Caprio Alumni Healthful Living Center, celebrating the Class of 2023. The keynote speaker Jon Clifton, CEO of Gallup the global analytics and advice firm, talked about the power of being unique. "You owe it to the world to discover what makes you uniquely great-and never stop developing those strengths."

Congratulations and best wishes to the newest Golden Bear Alumni. WNE is proud of you!

Elaina Madison Buckler of Winchendon, MA graduated from Western New England Univeristy with a BA in History.

Ashley D. Signa of Winchendon, MA graduated from Western New England Univeristy with a BS in Forensic Chemistry.

Zachary E. French of Phillipston, MA graduated Cum Laude from Western New England Univeristy with a BSE in Mechanical Engineering.

Western New England University (WNE) is a private, nationally ranked, comprehensive institution with a focus on preparing work-ready and world-ready graduates. Founded in 1919 in Springfield, Massachusetts as a division of Northeastern College, WNE's 215-acre suburban campus serves more than 3,700 students, including over 2,500 full-time undergraduates. More than 47,000 alumni have earned degrees through its 90+ undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs at Colleges of Arts and Sciences, Business, Engineering, and Pharmacy and Health Sciences, and School of Law. Students come from 39 U.S. states and territories and 23 countries. Of 45,104 living alumni, 30% remain within the region, residing in the four Western Massachusetts counties and northern Connecticut.

WNE is classified among nationally ranked universities in US News and World Report, and among the Top 100 Undergraduate Engineering programs, and in the Doctoral/Professional Universities category in the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education.